Visiting an Emergency Department (ED) can be an unsettling experience. However, that anxiety can be eased by improving the surroundings for patients and families. That’s… Read more
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Volunteer Magee Knitters Make Sure ‘No Head Goes Hatless’
On most Fridays at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, Dena Chottiner arrives with bags of yarn and other supplies and settles into a corner of… Read more
Chief Nurse Executive Elected to PONL Board
Holly Lorenz, M.S.N., R.N., UPMC’s chief nurse executive, has been elected as 2016 president-elect for the Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders (PONL). “I’m excited to… Read more
Pitt Researcher Awarded $1.9 M to Study Gene Mutations in Deadly Oral Cancer
Daniel Johnson, Ph.D., has received a $1.9 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue work into understanding how gene mutations affect… Read more
Pitt Vaccine Researcher Among First to Study Zika Virus Causing Birth Defects in Brazil
When Ernesto Marques, M.D., Ph.D., first started hearing of strange rashes in Brazilian patients, he didn’t think much of it – perhaps it was a… Read more